Human crematory.



J. GONLEY.

HUMAN GREMATORY. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1,'1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4', 1911.

Application filed July 1, 1510. I Serial-No. 569,944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH CoNLnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anadarko, in the county of Caddo and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Human Crematothefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to human crema'tories andwparticularly to thosein which the consuming heat is furnished by the electric arc.

The invention therefore consists in the construction of the furnacewhereby intense heat may be produced and conserved, in the arrangementand regulation of the are producing devices, and in the generalconstruction, arrangement and combination of part-s whereby the purposesof the invention are carried out substantially as hereinafter,.described and claimed.

In the drawings which accompany this application and form'a part of thespecifical section taken in Fig. 2 on line 3- 3; Fig. i

cation,

furnace in front elevation; Fig. 2 is a verti cal longitudinal sectionthrough the furnace taken on line 2- 2 Fig. 3 is a transverse vertiis avertical transverse section taken in the broken plane indicated in Fig.2 byline H; and Fig. 5 is a detail cross-section through one of thecarbon pencil carriers and channels taken in Fig. 3 online 5-5.

For quick incineration .of the body to be' cremated, intense heat isnecessary; therefore the electric arc'is especially adapted to thepurpose. Tomake the heat most effective the chamber in which it isgenerated should be insulated as thoroughly as pos sible and should beso built, as to endure intense heat. It is also desirable not only toconsume the solid substances, but also the evolved gases. Theseessentials are well cared for by the invention embodied in the structureillustrated in the drawings.

. The furnace is preferably erected uponsa ,concrete base 6 and has anouter wall 7 of brick, an inner wall 8 of fire clay, with an air space 9between it and the brick, and an innermostwall ofasbestos 10, with anair space llbetween it and the fire clay. Then to give the incineratingchamber, 'formed by the asbestos wall, a reverberatory effect for thebetterutilization of the heat, a; smooth, hard, surface 12' is appliedtotheqaabestos .4

Figure 1 represents the crematory;

walls. This surface maybe made of any suitable refractorymaterial,porcelain for example.

As wi clay is extended "to the exterior of the furnace from the lowerangles of the asbestos wall and also upwardly along the middle of thefurnaceto the upper surface thereof. Through these extensionscylindrical holes are formed in a row to receive the carbon pencils 1?-The asbestos-is also preferably extended into these holes, as indicated,and so forms an insulating bushing about'the' carbon pencils. With saidholes thus located the rows of carbons l3. converge along the middleline of the incinerating chamber, Figs. 2 and 3. Means for adjusting thecarbons may consist of a series of pinions 14 mounted on shafts 15 whichextend transversely of each series of said holes. The pinions projectthrough slots into the holes and engage with racks 16 which carry thecarbon-holding clamps 17. v The racks 16 and the meeting ends of theclamps slide in channels cut lengthwise of the cylindrical carbon holes,as more clearly shown in Fig.

'5. The shafts 15 project through the front .wall of the furnaceand areprovided with hand wheels 18 for rotating them to adjust the carbons. Todetermine the adjustment of the carbons and to observe the progressofincineration, a window, or peak-hole, 19,

is formed in the front wall of the furnace and covered by a plate ofcolored mica 20. To avoid any possibility of an electric currentsneaking along the tube forming the peak-hole, a joint of insulation maybe inserted, as at 21. Such joints of insulation are also provided intheshafts 15 as indicated at 22. The outer ends of the lower carbon holesare covered by disks 2?) and of the upper ones'by lids 24. .A platform25 may be built along the top of from which to work in renewing thecarbons of the upper row. The walls of the furnace and cooling, and toinsure the return' to normal position located betwecn'them as indicatedat 26. These springs are held in place by pins passing through them andentering at thein ends in sockets in the walls.

To insure the consumption of all gases evolved in cremating a body, adeodorizing ll be seen in Fig. '3, the wall of fire the furnace willexpand and contract because of heating 1- 9 after each heating, springsare furnace is formed in the base of the stack 27, as at 28, to whichaccess may be had by door 29. This deodorizing furnace maybe suppliedwith air in the ordinary way, or by forced .draft if desired, the airpassage being indicated at 30. This passage is provided with a closure31. The products of combustion from the incinerating chamber enter thedeodorizing chamber through a passage 32 opening directly against thecoke fire in the at 33. They are mounted in horizontal position, Fig. 4,in clamps 34-, 35, which in turn are carried on but insulated from postsset in slides 36, 37. These slides may be mounted between ways locatedin the walls of the tunnel 38. On the facing sides of these slides areracks which are engaged 'by a pinion 39 on a rod 40. This rod projectsthrough the rear wall of the furnace and is provided with a hand wheel41, by the rotation of which the are between. the pencils 33 isadjusted. A joint of insulation 32 may also be inserted inthis rod. Thetunnel 38 may be closed at its ends by suitable doors 42.

The electric current may be supplied in accordance with any of thewell-known systems and the system adopted may be in stalled in the usualmanner. The electric conductors may be connected in any of the customaryways to the several carbons, such connection being typified at 43 foreasier reading of the drawings.

The asbestos wall of the incinerating chamber is preferably made insections so that it can be readily replaced, or so that any sectiondeteriorating more rapidly than others. may be easily replaced. Theasbestos slabs 44 lining the rear wall of the stack are separably heldin place byheaded rods 45 which project through the wall of the stackand are provided with nuts. Springs 26 are also located about these rodsbetween the slabs and the brick wall to keep the slabs in place.

The air needed to sustain combustion in the incinerating chamber may beadmitted through draft openings 46 below thedoor 47. The air thusadmitted enters by upwardly inclined ducts 48, see dotted line Fig. 2.To close the doorway in a heat insulating manner, asbestos slabs 49 aremounted in the wall of the furnace to slide laterally across thedoorway, leaving an air space between them. A similar slide 50 isprovided at the inner end of the ineinerating chamber for regulating,thesize of the passage into the deodorizing chamber, and another 51 islocated across the stack. The damper slides 50 and 51 are preferablyprovided with holes 52 through them so that circulation from theincinerating chamber through the deodorizing chamber and into the stackcannot be entirely interrupted.

The body to be burned may be inserted into the incinerating chamber onan asbestos litter, represented at 53. Rollers 54: may be located in theunder side of the litter, if desired, and a socket 55 having an enlargedinner end may be formed in the outer end of the litter for the insertionof a withdrawing hook. The upwardly converging lateral rows of carbonsform a shed under which the body to be cremated is located as the littercarrying it is pushed into the chamber. There is, then, a row of intensearcs just above the body for the whole length thereof, causingincineration to take place rapidly. The arcs may be formed between thelower rowsof carbons solely, but preferably they are formed between theupper row in conjunction with the two lower rows, thereby adding furtherto the intensity of the heat. The several slides and dampers and thelengths of arcs maybe adjusted in any suitable order and to any desireddegree to produce the best results.

The invention claimed is i 1. In a crematory furnace, an exterior wallof masonry, an inner wall of fire brick with air space between it andthe exterior wall, an innermost wall of asbestos with air space betweenit and the inner wall, and a linifiig of refractory material for theasbestos wa 2. In a crematory furnace, a series of electric arc pencilsadjustable through the walls of the furnace and converging to withinarcing distance at the center of the furnace and a removablenon-combustible litter located below the center line of the furnace.

3. In a crematory furnace, an incinerat ing chamber having walls ofasbestos lined with porcelain, in combination with a removable asbestoslitter and means for maintaining electric arcs through the middle ofsaid chamber over said litter.

4. The combination with heat insulating walls inclosing an incineratingchamber, of a litter forthe body to be burned, and a series of carbonpencils entering the chamber along each of its angles. the two seriesconverging at the center of the chamber over the litter for the purposespecified. 5. The combination with the heat insulating walls inclosingan inc inerating chamber,- of a litter for the body to be burned, aseries of carbon pencils entering the chamber along each of the lowerangles, anda third series entering through the 'roof of the chamber, andall three series convergjng to arcing distance over the litter.

6. In an electric crematory,'the combination with the incineratingchamber, of a number of rows or series of electric arc pencilsconverging to the longitudinal medial line hi the incinemting chamber;each pen- .cil being provided with a toothed rack, an

stack into which it opens, means within the stack for producing up draftand for consuming gases from the incinerating' chamher, and a. pair ofarc carbons adjustable to arcing distances in the passage from saidchamber to the stack.

8. In a,v crematory' furnace, the conibination with the incineratingchamber, of a stack into which it opens,- means within the stack forproducing up draft and for consuming gases from theincineratingchamber,-

Ccpies ofjhis patent may he obteined'for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Estcnts a pair of arc'carbens adjustable to arcingdistances in the passage from said chamber to the staclnand a series ofelectric are producing devices distrihutedthroughout the length of theincinerating chamber.

9. In a'crematory furnace, the combinationwith the incinerating chamberand stack into which it leads, of parallel asbestos slides with an airspace between for closing the doorway of the incinerating chamber, another-asbestos slide for closing the passage from the chamber tothe'stack, and a third such slide fer throttling the stack.

In testimon whereof I afiix mysignature in presence 0 two WitnessesJOSEPH GONLEY.

Washing-ton,- D. C.

